In Java SE 8 introduced significant enhancements that impact on the technology and application programming interfaces API, forming the core of the Java platform.<br>Many of the old principles and techniques of Java programming are no longer needed, and new tools like lambda expressions improve productivity of programmers, although it is not so easy to understand these innovations. This book is a complete, though concise reference book on the Java SE 8 version. It is written by Cay S. Horstmann, the author of Java SE 8.

В версии Java SE 8 внедрены значительные усовершенствования, оказывающие влияние на технологии и прикладные программные интерфейсы API, образующие ядро платформы Java.<br>Многие из прежних принципов и приемов программирования на Java больше не нужны, а новые средства вроде лямбда-выражений повышают производительность труда программистов, хотя разобраться в этих нововведениях не так-то просто.

Java is now over twenty years old, and the classic book, Core Java, covers, in meticulous detail, not just the language but all core libraries and a multitude of changes between versions, spanning two volumes and well over 2,000 pages. However, if you just want to be productive with modern Java, there is a much faster, easier pathway for learning the language and core libraries. In this book, I don’t retrace history and don’t dwell on features of past versions.